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		<title>Akatsuka Orchids</title>
		<link>http://flipdingo.com/2011/06/12/akatsuka-orchids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Poetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The orchid garden is a really nice place to pull off the highway and relax for a while. Sometimes we get lucky and show up when the bus full of tourists has just left, leaving the entire place to us. &#8230; <a href="http://flipdingo.com/2011/06/12/akatsuka-orchids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/purporchid.jpg"><img src="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/purporchid.jpg" alt="bright purple orchid which looks as if it would like a cheeseburger" title="bright purple orchid which looks as if it would like a cheeseburger" width="800" height="512" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-609" /></a><br/><br/><a href="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/orchidtwo.jpg"><img src="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/orchidtwo.jpg" alt="an even brighter orchid which broke my camera because it was so intense" title="an even brighter orchid which broke my camera because it was so intense" width="800" height="577" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-608" /></a><br/><br/><a href="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20korchid.jpg"><img src="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20korchid.jpg" alt="Right after I took this picture, I fell and pushed the table over. At least there&#039;s a picture of what it looked like..." title="Right after I took this picture, I fell and pushed the table over. At least there&#039;s a picture of what it looked like..." width="800" height="501" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-607" /></a><br/>The orchid garden is a really nice place to pull off the highway and relax for a while. Sometimes we get lucky and show up when the bus full of tourists has just left, leaving the entire place to us. Here&#8217;s the website: <a href="http://">Akatsuka Orchids</a><br/>If you want to read more about the $20,000 orchid:<span id="more-606"></span><br />
<a href="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/orchidsheet.jpg"><img src="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/orchidsheet.jpg" alt="" title="orchidsheet" width="819" height="891" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-612" /></a></p>
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		<title>Watery Planet</title>
		<link>http://flipdingo.com/2011/05/30/watery-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 06:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Poetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I overheard/watched a short documentary on Netflix today. It was called The God Who Wasn&#8217;t There and I&#8217;ll let you decide. I was ready to write something here about my reaction, but now I just want to listen to a &#8230; <a href="http://flipdingo.com/2011/05/30/watery-planet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wailili.jpg"><img src="http://flipdingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wailili.jpg" alt="Are you there? It's me, John." title="Beautiful flower floating above a school of large koi at Waikoloa" width="800" height="573" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-603" /></a>I overheard/watched a short documentary on Netflix today. It was called <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The-God-Who-Wasn-t-There/70034481?trkid=438403#height1780">The God Who Wasn&#8217;t There</a> and I&#8217;ll let you decide. I was ready to write something here about my reaction, but now I just want to listen to a Zencast. I had a very similar experience to the director and can totally empathize with his feelings. So, that&#8217;s all you get.<br/>The picture of the water lily is nice, isn&#8217;t it?<br/><br />
Three squirrels sat on a branch above a busy, four lane street, pondering the supply of nuts for the upcoming winter.<br/><br />
The smallest of the trio took a flying leap onto the top of a semi-truck as it passed. He waved goodbye as the other squirrels watched in horror.<br/>When they recovered from the shock of what they had seen, the elder squirrel scampered to the trunk of the tree and disappeared into a large den, inside an old, rotten burl.<br/><br />
The last of the three squirrels watched as the glittering boxes sped beneath him along the stretch of black roadway, torn between the safety of the burl and the thrill of the open road.<br/></p>
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		<title>Hibiscus</title>
		<link>http://flipdingo.com/2010/11/20/hibiscus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Poetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how many times I give a thumbs down to the song &#8220;New Soul&#8220;, it just keeps coming back to haunt on many of my pandora stations.]]></description>
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No matter how many times I give a thumbs down to the song &#8220;<a href="http://www.pandora.com/music/song/yael+naim+david+donatien/new+soul?ad=0:44:1:96737:ip:0:0:0:0:744">New Soul</a>&#8220;, it just keeps coming back to haunt on many of my pandora stations. </p>
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		<title>what&#8217;s up?</title>
		<link>http://flipdingo.com/2008/12/12/whats-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Poetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Where did you work before?” “I was a manager at a McDonald’s.” John closed his eyes and tried not to laugh. “That’s where I got my first job when I was fifteen!” “I hear that a lot. It got pretty &#8230; <a href="http://flipdingo.com/2008/12/12/whats-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Where did you work before?”</p>
<p>“I was a manager at a McDonald’s.”</p>
<p>John closed his eyes and tried not to laugh. “That’s where I got my first job when I was fifteen!”</p>
<p>“I hear that a lot. It got pretty hard to hire young teenagers by the time I was a manager. Most of the applicants that I dealt with were people in their forties trying to supplement their income from their other shitty job, pardon my French.”</p>
<p>“Which one did you manage?”</p>
<p>“It was a drive through only restaurant off the Fort Lewis freeway exit.”</p>
<p>“I’ve been at that one. It’s kind of weird.”</p>
<p>“Yeah, it’s different. The franchisee found that narrow lot and that’s all the building that would fit. It does pretty good business though.”</p>
<p>“Well, really don’t eat at McDonald’s much since Dick’s is so much better.”</p>
<p>“I have to agree with you. You can beat a Dick’s shake.”</p>
<p>Paul walked over from his office to see what all the activity was. As usual he was a little out of it and didn’t really know what the conversation was about. “I’d like a big dick in my mouth!”, he exclaimed.<br />
John just scrunched down and tried to contain his laughter. Steve was a little shocked and didn’t know how to react to the comment. Paul just reached out and patted John on the back thinking that he was having trouble coughing.</p>
<p>“Hey, John are you all right?”, Paul asked.</p>
<p>John sat up, pursing his lips and then let out a loud cough. “Oh, I’m fine now Paul. Thanks.”</p>
<p>“Are you guys going up to Dick’s for lunch? My favorite one is the Big Dick!”, said Paul reaching for his wallet, “Can you get me one?”</p>
<p>“It’s called a Deluxe”, John said, correcting him.</p>
<p>“Oh, a Deluxe. I thought it was a Big Dick”, Paul said, handing John twenty bucks.</p>
<p>“Do you have a five?”, John asked, “The deluxe is two ninety five.”</p>
<p>“I’ll buy, get whatever you guys want too”, Paul said walking back to his office.<br />
“Was he serious?”, Steve asked.</p>
<p>“He always calls them that. I don’t know if he’s joking or if that’s what he thinks they’re called.”</p>
<p>“That’s not the kind of mistake you want to make up on Broadway.”</p>
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		<title>Daisy Part Two</title>
		<link>http://flipdingo.com/2008/03/26/daisy-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Poetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the colors start to pop just when the picture starts to look like it was taken under the light of a star in another part of the galaxy and visible spectrum.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, the colors start to pop just when the picture starts to look like it was taken under the light of a star in another part of the galaxy and visible spectrum.<br/><br />
<img src="http://www.flipdingo.com/pictures/2008/daisyproc800749.jpg" alt="looks like I dragged these two into the studio" height="749" width="800" /></p>
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		<title>Daisy Part One</title>
		<link>http://flipdingo.com/2008/03/25/daisy-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Poetzel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hesitate to put picture of flowers here on the website, because I know that they&#8217;ll be lifted to be used on myspace profiles and such. But I like to take them and I like to process the hell out &#8230; <a href="http://flipdingo.com/2008/03/25/daisy-part-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hesitate to put picture of flowers here on the website, because I know that they&#8217;ll be lifted to be used on myspace profiles and such. But I like to take them and I like to process the hell out of them.<br/><br />
<img src="http://www.flipdingo.com/pictures/2008/pinkdaisy800566.jpg" alt="so delicate and lovely" height="566" width="800" /></p>
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